Learning by associating pain with something one shouldnt do should work for most people and conditions i can think of. A crude but effective way, if anything else fails. Ah poor downeys. Cant imagine living with such a disability

You know nothing, daentraya.
Most learning theories say that punishment most likely will have a temporary effect, and that the punishment will be connected to the situation as a whole, not the wrongful action. For example punishing a person for sitting wrong in a train will make the person not liking trains.

And as people with Downs syndrome feel everything stronger and more live, and has a more bipolar moodset, the person in the gif will most likely have strong feelings against ever going to that place ever again.

It's not exactly targeted at specific actions. More like a carpetbomb of 'dont'. How exactly it will project, i don't know. Njeh, i wanna learn more about these kinda things. We seem to learn alot about the brain by studying brains that works abnormally

That combined with the fact that his 'kick' was so light that the kid hardly seems to notice. I'd honestly be surprised if he even felt it, he doesn't even flinch! Either the downy wasn't trying/has the raw muscular strength of a prepubescent girl, or that kid is ******* Iron Man.

Since Iron Man isn't black, I'm gonna have to go with the first option.

The guy kicking the child deserved that punch regardless of his mental status. All people talk about is how they want equality for those with mental disabilities, so there they have it. I would have punched the guy too, no one should kick a small child in the balls.

Even if the person who hurt your kid was effectively a kid themselves? I get where you're coming from, I really do. It's good to see parents caring about their kids in a day and age where some don't give a ***** . Still, people with Down's Syndrome (and other intellectual disabilities) have a poor decision making process, an under-developed concept of social norms and generally less self-control. Kinda like kids. Its horrific seeing someone you love hurt but it could be a chance to help teach them forgiveness and compassion.

What if the guy with was holding something sharp or blunt in his hands? The situation could have turned out way worse. Any smart parent would have reacted that way, perhaps he will learn from this situation.

My best friend's mom used to work at a care center for mentally handicapped people. These people, no matter how mentally or physically handicapped they were, were taught right from wrong and treated as normally as they could be treated, not babied and constantly told that they were different and could act differently because of their handicap. Yes, they were aware that they were different, but they were constantly reminded that a mental handicap does NOT excuse being mean or acting up for any reason. These people, aside from the most severely handicapped, could lead almost normal lives, including driving cars and/or living alone, because they were taught this way.

So there's everyone here talking about how "the guy has down's, it's not it's fault" but just hear what I have to say.
I don't give a ******* **** about your mental condition. Being an asshole (kicking a kid in this case) will deserve you the same punishment, no matter if you're mentally sane or not. It's not about mental disease, it's about being well raised. You're a human, I'm a human, and I will consider both of us on equal grounds, unless I ******* decide to treat you better than I would like to be treated.

Big rant because I needed to express a bit of hatred towards the world. Thank you, love you guys.

But what if the reason the guy with down's kicked him was a mixture of surprise, fear and reflexes? A "Hey, you scared me!" rather than "Shut up, kid." A person with a lower mental capacity would not think too far, and act with the first thing that comes to mind. No self-restraint, because it doesn't exist with him.

before i say anything. just know i agree 99% with you.
But haven't you ever met a little **** so annoying, just screaming so loud you probably hear it a couple of days later as well, that you wish you could drop kick him, but you don't because you know its wrong. that down's guy did what a lot of us wish we could, but would never do, and if actually done, even we look down upon it.
All in all, i still would've punched that ****** in the face. there are just somethings no matter how much you want, you shouldn't do.

I know what you mean, and there are lots of kids I would LOVE to kick the **** out of. Still, nothing in the world can justify such behavior, as even animals (like dogs) can be taught not to hurt children. It's not because this HUMAN is mentally challenged that he can be forgiven such actions. Plus he can't even do cute puppy eyes...

kid was probably spouting off mocking the down syndrome guy (poor parenting by black guy) Down syndrome guy has enough and kicks a child (cause he is down syndrome and potatoes churn snow flake cheddar) Poor parenting black father is like oh hell naa and decks whitey for being racist... sounds good to me

Sorry where is the logic in ******* checking someone for Downs Syndrome before punching them in the face for physically belittling your child. If you see and adult hit your kid you're nothing but the greatest dad in the world for flattening them.

Every single time this is posted, there is a chorus of "Downy ******* deserved it hurr durr I'd have beat the **** out of him"
Here's what happened - The kid came jumping in. From downies perspective, he had suddenly appeared from nowhere and was scary as **** . Downy was confused and upset and tried to defend himself, but was somewhat aware that it was just a kid. Hence why downy didn't boot the kid sky high.
The father saw his kid get kicked. So obviously like any father he defended his kid and socked the guy in the jaw. That's well within his reason.
Five minutes after this, everything was explained. The kid wasn't hurt, the downy knew what he'd done wrong and had apologised, the father understood what had happened and apologised also. And everyone lived happily the **** after. Neither side was at legitimate fault.

I give zero ***** about who you are or your medical history, if you hit my kid you are getting the **** kicked out of you the way only a Canadian hockey player can. Sorry about the concussions and **** .

Nah, Martin is one of the classiest fighters in the league and called the team medic over right away after he saw that Kostopoulos was out cold, even tried to catch his head to keep it from hitting the ice hard.

it's not about aiming, connection or power of the kick, the father must show to the kid that he won't chicken if somebody threaten the kid, and vaulting the offender is a quick and effective way* to reassure the children how his parent are ready to protect him/her.

Edgar wallace said something like: "war is born by the instinct of family protection and care. A man without such instinct can't be called civilized."